'DISTURBING': 40% OF SA'S GEN ZS DON'T KNOW ABOUT JUNE 16 - RAMAPHOSA
DATE: 15 June 2021
AUTHOR: Eyewitness News
In two days’ time we commemorate the fateful events of June 16th 1976, when brave young men and women in Soweto and other parts of the country rose up against the iniquity of Bantu Education. On that day and in the days that followed, many lost their lives. They were killed by a callous regime that had little regard for black lives and thought nothing of opening fire on unarmed, uniformed schoolchildren.
The 2019/2020 South African Social Attitudes Survey published by the Human Sciences Research Council found that close to 40% of Generation Z has not heard of the historical events of June 16th. A similar percentage has heard about it but knows very little or nothing about it. Importantly, the survey also found that young people of this generation are nevertheless open to learning about key historical events and believe in their continued importance.
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